Abstract

Background Cross-national research into the care of people with severe mental illnesses is hampered by a lack of standardised measures. The European Psychiatric Services: Inputs Linked to Outcome Domains and Needs (EPSILON) Study is a European Union funded project within the BIOMED-2 programme. The project aims to develop standardised instruments to facilitate future crossnational research.
Aims To describe the aims, outcome measures, study sites and patient samples of the EPSILON Study.
Method, results,conclusions See companion papers in this supplement.
Declaration of interest No conflict of interest. Funding detailed in Acknowledgements.